Collar stay



Nov. 27, 1945. B. B. MANASTER COLLAR STAY Original Filed Feb. 26, 1944 IN VEN TOR. 56/7 5 J/awmszer BY Z Reissued Nov. 27, 1945 COLLAR STAY Ben B. Manaster, Chicago; Ill.

Original No. 2,371,338, dated March 13, 1945. Se-

rial No. 523,977, February 26, 1944. Application for reissue July 4, 1945, Serial No. 603,238

(Cl. 2-132) I 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a collar stay especially designed and constructed for use in connection with shirt collars to hold and retain the wings of such collar in taut extended position and from curling back upon themselves.

It has for its principal object the provision of a novel structure of this character which will be highly eflicient in use and economical in manufacture.

The present invention constitutes an improvement over that shown in United States Letters PatentNo. 1,908,525 granted to me on May 9, 1933. for improvements in Collar stays.

More particularly the present invention has among its salient objects to provide a collar stay which is adaptable for use on collar wings of various lengths, one which includes a simple and inexpensive structure such as possesses what is known as eye-appeal, and which will greatly facilitate the assembly of the various parts constituting the collar stay.

When it is appreciated that the several elements making up the collar stay are relatively small in proportion and in diameter, which often makes it diiiicult for the assembler to handle, it will be understood that a collar stay of this type should be of such structure as will afford ready,

and expeditious assembly. To this end it is the object of my invention to provide a collar stay possessing these characteristics and one which comprises relatively few parts, which, when assembled as a complete unit, has a very substantial eye-appeal to the observer.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is'a perspective view of a collar and necktie showing my collar stay in applied position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the collar stay embodying my present invention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; v

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional detail view similar-to that shown in Fig. 3 but illustrating a slightly modified form of construction;

. Fig. '7 is a detail view of a leg section and tubular member embodied in my invention showing the manner of assembling the same together;

Fig. 8 is a, fragmentary sectional detail view similar to Fig. 6, showing a modified form of construction.

The drawing just previously referred to illustrates the preferred form of construction by which the several objects of the invention may be accomplished. In this connection, my improved collar stay comprises a crossbar ill, the ends of which are formed substantially U-shaped as at H to provide loops which bear upon the collar or the necktie band; as the case may be, when the collar stay is in applied positionupon the collar.

The end portions I2 of these loops II project into corresponding end portions l3 of tubular members l4. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the end portions I! of the loop members II are con! nected to the corresponding end portions I3 01' the tubular members I4 by buckling these end portions l2 as at 15 to create a spring effect,

whereby when the end portions I2 are forced into the end portions iii of the tubular members M, the extremities l6 of these end portions 12 will snap or latch into openings I'l formed in the tubular member I4.

The end portions l3 of the tubular members I4 are each capped by ball elements [8 having openings l9 formed therein through which the end portions 12 of the loops l I project.

These tubular members M are preferably substantially oval-shaped'in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The tubular members l4 may be made from a tube substantially round in cross section and then flattened into the oval-shape, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, or if 'desired, the tubular members [4 may be formed from .an elongated strip of material rolled to provide the tubular members substantially oval-shaped in cross section.

Telescopically arranged in the tubular members M are the leg sections 20. In the present instance, the corresponding interior end portions 2| of these leg sections are sub tantially flattened as at 22, and these flattened portions 22 cooperate with the tubular members to prevent rotation of the leg sections 20 relative. to the tubular members.

The exterior end portions 23 of the leg sections 20 are each formed to provide a loop 24 terminating into a penetrating point 25, the loop 24 functioning to limit penetration of the penetrating point 30, into the wings of the collar. 1

Confined within each of the tubular members I4 is a spring 26 which engages the flattened end portion 22 of the leg sections to urge the collar-penetrating points in extended position 22 of the leg sections 20 to urge the collar-penetrating point 25 in extended position with respect to the tubular members l4. To complete the invention, the tubular members l4 each have their lower end portions 21 formed substantially round sirable to simply connect thetubular members It to the end portions [2 of the loops H by conipressing the ball elements IB upon the tubular members M in a manner such that they will rigidly hold and connect the end portions l2 of such loops with the tubularniembers, thus in some respects simplifying this feature or construction.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a slightly modified form of construction for connecting the tubular members M to the end portion of the loops II. In this form of construction. the end it termi nates into a flattened section 28 we-dgingly fit into the end portions I301 the tube. In this form or construction, for ornamental purposes there may likewise be provided a ball element 29.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a modified form of construction for attaching the crossbar In to the tube H. In this form of construction the end i2 of the loop I I is crimped as at 31. In assembling the parts, this crimped portion 31 is forced into the end of the tubular portion [4 and due to the resilient character or the material from whlchtlie crossbar it is formed, the crimped'end portion 3'! thus com ressed in the tubular portion will effectively resist any separation between the crossbar in and the tubular member M.

In Fig. 1, I' have illustrated a perspective view or a collar and necktie. In this view, my improved collar stay is shown associated with the collar. This collar is or a conventiona construction andincludes the usual wings 3|. As shown, the collar stayis mounted with the cros bar is disposed beneath the knot 32 or the necktie 33. The loops ll maybear either upon the inner layer 34 of the collar or the adjacent po tions of the fifbafifi 35. In such position of on; improved collar stay, the collar penetrating points zt engage the tips 39 of the wings SI and such collar=penetiating points are that the leg section .20, prior to the formation of the loop and the collar-penetrating point, is simply projected through the tubular member l4, disposing during this operation the flattened portion 22 in its proper position in the tubular member I4. After this operation has taken place, it will be readily seen that it is a simple matter to. form the loop and collarpenetrating point 24 and 25, respectively, and to attach the crossbar ID to the tubular members I 4 in the manner hereinbefore described.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto protect by Letters Patentis:

'1. A collar stay comprising a crossbar, tubular members extending substantially at right angles with respect to the crossbar and each substantubular members in engagementwith said leg sections to urge said collar-penetrating points in 40 extended position with respect to said tubular limitedin their penetration by the loops '24. The

springs 20 act upon the le sections 20 or the collar stay to llrge the penetrating points in extended position with respect to the tubular portions l4 to maintain the penetrating points 25 in penetrating position with respect to the tips 36 of thecollar wings 3|. 7

From an observati n of Fig, 1 it will be noted that my improved collar stay, like that shown in Patent No. 1,908,525; is completely concealed from the view of the observer when in applied position. As seen in Fig. '2, the symmetry of the parts is such as gives a substantial eye-appeal to the collar stay, a factor which ls'most desirable when the collar stay is displayed to the observer.

Pig. 7 illustrates the manner in which the leg section projected through the tubular member I prior to the formation of the loo 24 and collar-penetrating point 25 of each of the leg members, and means for limiting the extent of movement of said collar-penetrating points relauto to said tubular members. a

2. A collar stay comprising a crossbar, tubular members extendiii'gsubstantially at right angles with respect to the crossbar and each ubstantially oval shaped in cross section throughout the greater part or its length, means io'r connecting corresponding end portions or said tubular members to the fld portions of Said crossbar, leg sections correspondingly arranged in said tubular members and having corresponding exterior portions providing collar-penetrating points, opposite end portions of said leg'secti'o'ns being flattened and said flattened end portion being movable in the oval shaped portion or said tubular members, means confined in said tubular members in engagement with said leg sections to urge said collar-penetrating points in extended position with respect tosaid tubular members, said tubular members having end portions adapted to engage said flattened end portion of said leg sections to limit the extent of movement ofv said collarpenetrating points relative to said tubular members.

3. A collar stay comprising a crossbar, tubular members extending substantially at right angles with respect-to the crossbar and each substantially oval-shaped in cross section throughout the greater part of its length, means for connecting corresponding end'portions of said tubulat members to the end portions of said crossbar comprising the end portions of said crossbar adapted to have latched engagement in an sections 28. In this connection it will be seen opening formed in each of the tubular members gagement with said leg sections to urge said collar-penetrating points in extended position with respect to said tubular members, said tubular members having end portions adapted to engage said flattened end portion of said leg sections to limit the extent of movement of said collar-penetrating points relative to said tubular members.

, 4. A collar stay comprising oppositely disposed substantially parallelly extending tubular members. a crossbar connecting said tubular members together in said parallel relationship with respect to each other, leg sections having corresponding end portions mounted in said tubular members and movable relative to said tubular members and provided with collar penetrating means, spring members arranged in said tubular members, with corresponding end portions in abutment with respect to the end portions of said crossbar, and opposite end portions in abutment with respect to said corresponding end portions of said leg sections and normally yieldably urging said leg sections in a projected position with respect to the tubular members, and means for limiting the extent of movement of said leg sections relative to said tubular members.

BEN B. MANAS'IER. 

